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David (Roland) Smith

David (Roland) Smith (1906 - 1965) was active/lived in New York, Indiana.  David Smith is known for Welded abstract sculpture, painting.

Joan Pachner provided the following article. Publishing copyright by © Joan Pachner.

 Sculptor David Smith
Adirondack Life, vol. 38, no. 3 (May/June 2006), pp. 80-85, 92-93.

The ironworks in Brooklyn was surrounded by all night activity—ships loading—barges refueling— ferries tied up at the dock.  It was awake 24 hours a day.… In contrast the mountains are quiet except for occasional animal noises.  Sometimes Streevers' hounds run foxes all night and I can hear them baying as I close up shop.  Rarely does a car pass at night, there is no habitation between our road and the Schroon River 4 miles cross country.  I enjoy the phenomenon of nature, the sounds, the Northern lights, stars, animal calls, as I did the harbor lights, tugboat whistles, buoy clanks, the yelling of men on barges around the T.I.W. in Brooklyn.  I sit up here and dream of the city as I used to dream of the mountains when I sat on the dock in Brooklyn   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 26340 characters.]  Artist bio

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